Cumilla City Corporation

Cumilla City Corporation

কুমিল্লা সিটি কর্পোরেশন
Cumilla City Corporation ; কুমিল্লা সিটি কর্পোরেশন
	Emblem of the Comilla City Corporation
Type
Type	City Corporation
History
Founded	July 10, 2011; 13 years ago
Preceded by	Comilla Municipality
New session started	19 August 2024
Leadership
Mayor	Vacant ; since 19 August 2024
Administrator	Saif Uddin Ahmed ; since 19 August 2024
Deputy Mayor	Vacant ; since 19 August 2024
Chief Executive Officer	Md. Shamsul Alam ; since 19 August 2024
Structure
Seats	Vacant seats; 1 mayor and 36 councillors
Length of term	Up to five years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	9 March 2024
Next election	TBD
Meeting place
	Nagar Bhaban, Comilla
Website
	cocc.portal.gov.bd

Cumilla City Corporation is a self-governed municipal administration in Bangladesh that administers and oversees development and maintenance works in the city of Comilla. The corporation covers an area of over 53.84 square kilometers in the Comilla District. The body was known as Comilla Municipality previously, until it obtained the City Corporation status by a ministry of local government declaration on 10 July 2011.^[1]

History

The Comilla municipality was formed in the mid-1890s and the city remained as a municipality for over 125 years though the number of the population has been rising with time.^[1] An administrative proposition, issued from the Comilla district administration, was passed on 20 August 2009.^[2] The ministry of local government meeting on 4 March 2011 declared to turn at least four of the populated municipalities into city corporations, largely bringing Comilla as a suggestion as one of the contenders.^[3] An administrative move was made on 23 June 2011 abolishing the Comilla Municipality as the final step to introduce the administrative body as a city corporation. Later on 10 July 2011, a ministry gazette named the Comilla Municipality as the new Comilla City Corporation.^[1]

The city corporation is run by a joint staff of elected public representatives and government officials. Officials both come from departmental recruitment and the administrative cadre service of the country. The Comilla City Corporation has 37 members, containing 27 councilors, 9 woman councilors led by the mayor.^[4] Bangladesh Election Commission is constituted to oversee city corporation polls, which sits in the office for a five-year tenure.

The first ever mayoral election of Comilla City Corporation was held on 5 January 2012, has an area of 200 kilometers, elected the municipality's Monirul Haque Sakku as its new mayor, 27 councilors and 9 woman councilors from 27 wards.^[5] 2024 Comilla City Corporation by-election

Services

The Comilla City Corporation is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.

Water purification and supply
Sewage treatment and disposal
Garbage disposal and street cleanliness
Solid waste management
Building and maintenance of roads and streets.
Street lighting
Maintenance of parks and open spaces
Cemeteries and Crematoriums
Registering of births and deaths
Conservation of heritage sites
Disease control, including immunization
Public municipal schools etc.

Budget

Comilla City Corporation (COCC) has announced a budget of ৳1044.50 crore (US$87 million) for 2024-25 fiscal year.

List of mayors

Status

Acting Mayor and Administrator
^ by-election

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Reference
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Reference
1		Monirul Haque Sakku	2012	5 January 2012	11 May 2017	10 years, 131 days	BNP	^[6]^[7]
1		Monirul Haque Sakku	2017	11 May 2017	16 May 2022	10 years, 131 days	BNP	^[6]^[7]
–		Dr. Safiqul Islam (Administrator)	–	17 May 2022	5 July 2022	49 days	Independent
2		Arfanul Haque Rifat (1958–2023)	2022	5 July 2022	13 December 2023 (Died in office)	1 year, 161 days	AL	^[8]^[9]
3		Dr. Tahseen Bahar Shuchona	2024^	4 April 2024	19 August 2024^[10]	137 days	AL	^[11]^[12]
–		Saif Uddin Ahmed (Administrator)	–	19 August 2024	Incumbent	83 days	Independent

Elections

Election result 2022

Comilla Mayoral Election 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Arfanul Haque Rifat	50,310	37.34	N/A
	Independent	Monirul Haque Sakku	49,967	37.08	N/A
	Independent	Nizam Uddin Kaiser	29,099	21.60	N/A
	IAB	Rashedul Islam	3,040	2.26	N/A
	Independent	Kamrul Ahsan Babul	2,329	1.73	N/A
Majority			343	0.26
Turnout			1,34,776	58.62
Registered electors			2,29,920
	AL gain from BNP

Election result 2017

Comilla Mayoral Election 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes
	BNP	Monirul Haque Sakku	68,948
	AL	Anjum Sultana Sima	57,863
Majority			11,085
Turnout			1,32,690
Registered electors			2,07,566
	BNP hold

Election result 2012

Comilla Mayoral Election 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	BNP	Monirul Haque Sakku	65,777
	AL	Afzal Khan	36,471	'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000001F−QINU`"'	− class="vcard"	Independent	Nurul Rahman Tanim	8,514	−	− class="vcard"	JP(E)	Mohammad Selim	7,961	−
Majority			27,306
Turnout			1,25,522
Registered electors			1,69,279
	BNP win (new seat)

References

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^ কুমিল্লা সিটি করপোরেশন ঘোষণা: শহরে আনন্দ-উল্লাস (in Bengali), Sheersha News, 11 July 2011, archived from the original on 2012-03-26, retrieved 2011-07-11
^ "Four new city corporation to be set up", The Daily Star, 4 March 2011, retrieved 2011-07-11
^ Comilla City Polls Likely In December, BangladeshFirst.com, 17 October 2011, retrieved 2011-10-17
^ সাক্কু বিজয়ী, Daily Manabzamin (in Bengali), 5 January 2011, retrieved 2012-01-05
^ কুমিল্লার প্রথম মেয়র নির্বাচিত হলেন মনিরুল হক সাক্কু. bangla.irib.ir (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
^ "Sakku sinks AL favourite Afzal". thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
^ "Arfanul Haque Rifat wins Cumilla city polls". The Financial Express. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
^ "AL picks Rifat for CCC polls". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
^ "Elected representatives of 12 city corporations removed". The Daily Star. 19 August 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-08-19.
^ "Comilla gets first female mayor". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
^ "এমপি বাহারের মেয়ে সূচনা কুমিল্লার নতুন মেয়র". BD News 24. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
^ কুমিল্লার প্রথম মেয়র হলেন সাক্কু. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 5 January 2012.

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[2] কুমিল্লা সিটি করপোরেশন ঘোষণা: শহরে আনন্দ-উল্লাস (in Bengali), Sheersha News, 11 July 2011, archived from the original on 2012-03-26, retrieved 2011-07-11

[3] "Four new city corporation to be set up", The Daily Star, 4 March 2011, retrieved 2011-07-11

[4] Comilla City Polls Likely In December, BangladeshFirst.com, 17 October 2011, retrieved 2011-10-17

[5] সাক্কু বিজয়ী, Daily Manabzamin (in Bengali), 5 January 2011, retrieved 2012-01-05

[6] কুমিল্লার প্রথম মেয়র নির্বাচিত হলেন মনিরুল হক সাক্কু. bangla.irib.ir (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-18.

[7] "Sakku sinks AL favourite Afzal". thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2015-10-18.

[8] "Arfanul Haque Rifat wins Cumilla city polls". The Financial Express. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

[9] "AL picks Rifat for CCC polls". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 2022-06-16.

[10] "Elected representatives of 12 city corporations removed". The Daily Star. 19 August 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-08-19.

[11] "Comilla gets first female mayor". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 9 March 2024.

[12] "এমপি বাহারের মেয়ে সূচনা কুমিল্লার নতুন মেয়র". BD News 24. Retrieved 9 March 2024.

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